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[Josie]

Re: Why do you think its a waste of money?

Originally posted by Tim_Shady
Do u think its a waste of money because it has cliches about how you could get rich? or is it because the majority of you havent read it (never will) and are just assuming that its like every other book?

or is it that most of you are so consumed in your HSC, so entrapted in the thinking that the HSC and your UAI is the most important thing in life, and that it will lead you to a better life, that you might not have realised that THERE IS ANOTHER WAY?

Or is it that maybe some of you are scared to admit, that you spend all day every day studying so you can go to UNI, get a job paying $100K plus, and have most of that widdled away in taxes, while people like Kiyosaki, people with no uni or college training have become successful, and u can actually see that u may not have the answer after all?

everyday we are told at school (i sure as hell am) "if you dont get a good HSC, then u wont get a good job"

well have you ever considered that these people telling u this are the people who spent all their money and time getting a good HSC and going to uni, and may not want to admit that they arent doing too well with their $50K (before tax) per year?

to all of you who do business studies, you should understand what im saying. you may not agree, or are scared to agree, with many of kiyosaki's ideas. but the numbers speak for themselves. i went to his seminar ($78, not $500) and he informed us of how he makes $300,000 a month through passive income.

thats a whole lot more than most of you "studiers" will ever make in a year

1) I have read the book, and KNOW it is a waste of money. The cliches are the same tired old cliches that leave people in ruins after playing with the stock market, which of course, is another form of gambling, just for rich people.

2) I KNOW the HSC and the UAI is not the only way, I'm not that stupid. There are many ways. It's called keeping your options open. If you want to drop out of school, go ahead, call me when you're rich.

3) These people are merely following another career path. It works on the naivety and stupidity of the people who buy the books and go to the seminars. That is purely up to them. But that is not the answer for me. And as part of the way our world works, not everyone can be rich, more's the pity.

4) No, I'm not told that about the HSC at all. I'm told a good HSC gives you a good grounding for the future, it gives you mildly useful qualifications, and that it is not the be-all and end-all.

5) The people telling you that are generally teachers who do what they do BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO not because they were trying to get rich. Not everyones sole aim in life is to get rich. Most of the teachers I know do their job because they genuinely want to help, not because of the money involved.

6) I do business studies. And the figures say absolutely nothing at all. He makes his $300,000 from people like you who go to his seminars and read his many books. Sure, some of his ideas are good. But they aren't exactly rocket science, you don't need to attend seminars to understand that investing is a good thing.

7) Hey, guess what? Maybe we can live with ourselves if we don't make $300,000 a year. I know I would rather make that money in an honest fashion, not brainwashing naive people.

 

[steph@nie]

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